I used it for the Reheasal Dinner cake I made. I could have eaten it all! It's absolutely the best chocolate icing I've ever tasted. The dinner was last night, and I got a call first thing this morning, praising me to the moon over the cake! He ordered more cake because of it. He told me that everyone asked for my name and number. I'd love to take the credit, but I know it was this buttercream!

I've gotten so many wonderful recipes and tips on CC, I wanted to share this recipe!

It sounds yummy. I have printed it out & put it in my recipe book. Thank you for sharing. Don't underestimate yourself, I am sure everyone liked the look of the cake as well as the taste, both things go together when people admire a cake. You did a great job.June

I thought it looked pretty and the man who ordered it was thrilled. Honestly, I came down with a virus and it was everything in me to be able to finish that cake, the 2 cheesecakes and 100 cupcakes I had due for Friday! My hands are sore from washing them so much!I had planned on doing a modified basketweave on the cake but was almost in tears. So, swirly icing it was!

Let me know if you think the icing is as good as I do! I happened to have the Godiva liquer, but I think you could just use whipping cream.

I kept this cake refrigerated because it was filled with strawberry mousse. I told him to take it out a few hours before the dinner so the buttercream would soften. It gets very firm in the fridge...almost like fudge. I have some left that I've been nibbling on all day! Yum!I would think it would be fine sitting out. It does have more butter than shortening though.

I came down with a virus and it was everything in me to be able to finish that cake, the 2 cheesecakes and 100 cupcakes I had due for Friday! My hands are sore from washing them so much!

I hope that in addition to good handwashing, you wore a mask!

"Airborne transmission occurs when bacteria or viruses travel on dust particles or on small respiratory droplets that may become aerosolized when people sneeze, cough, laugh, or exhale. They hang in the air much like invisible smoke. They can travel on air currents over considerable distances. These droplets are loaded with infectious particles.

With airborne transmission, direct contact with someone who is infected is not necessary to become ill." Source

Just to add.......I decided to make a 1/2 sheet cake for the staff at my school, to get their opinion of this buttercream. I took it in this morning. They went INSANE! I have 3 more orders!Did I mention how delicious this buttercream is? TRY IT!

LOL! Well, Saran Wrap doesn't let you breathe all that well, so if you absolutely MUST fulfill a cake order while feverish and sick as a dog, good handwashing practices, absolutely no touching of the face, and a surgical mask worn during the duration of all contact with food is necessary to ensure the health of those eating your cake. You never know, the cake could be served to an elderly person or an immuno-compromised individual whose immune system could become overwhelmed, even fatally.

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but infectious disease is a serious concern for those of us who handle food, and most people don't think much about passing on illnesses to people. It always makes me cringe reading about food handlers who work while ill.

Nope...you make very good points. I work in an elementary school and have to get re-certified every year on handling "bodily fluids and infectious material" (one of those lovely perks of the job!), so I have a pretty good understanding of germs! Of course, working with all those germy kids is probably why I got sick in the first place!

Normally I would never, ever work on any food while ill, but there just wasn't a choice. The cake was ordered and expected. I was very careful and felt very comfortable handing the cake over.

Nope...you make very good points. I work in an elementary school and have to get re-certified every year on handling "bodily fluids and infectious material" (one of those lovely perks of the job!), so I have a pretty good understanding of germs! Of course, working with all those germy kids is probably why I got sick in the first place!

I've had Toba's "The Well Decorated Cake" for about a year and every recipe I've tried is awesome. The chocolate buttercream recipe you mention is really really good. I use it all the time. I didn't want to splurge on the Godiva liquer so I purchased Creme de Cocoa; it's still a chocolate liquer.